2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2017-11-10UTC16:08:10+00:002016-11-13Robert Longbottom's take on Donizetti's Daughter of the Regiment captures the spirit of bel canto in Washington DC. Washington National Opera's sparkling Daughter of the Regimenten_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-daughter-regiment-oropesa-brownlee-washington-national-opera-november-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngHilary Strohhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/17629https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/17629https://bachtrack.com/files/289-hilary_larkin.jpgHilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books. https://bachtrack.com/files/48814-the-daughter-of-the-regiment-lisette-oropesa-kevin-burdette-lawrence-brownlee---photo-by-scott-suchman-resized.jpg510340Lisette Oropesa (Marie), Kevin Burdette (Sulpice) and Lawrence Brownlee (Tonio)Scott Suchman2016-Nov-12, Kennedy Center: Opera House: The Daughter of the Regimenthttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/kennedy-center-opera-house/the-daughter-of-the-regiment/12-november-2016/19-002016-11-122016-11-20Kennedy Center: Opera HouseWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUnited States2003738.895803-77.055669http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/OROSB#tickets?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/39010-washington-national-opera-logo.jpg4

Santa Fe Opera presented Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette in Stephen Lawless’ mid 19th-century staging, a co-production with Barcelona's Liceu. Before the overture, General Director Charles MacKay came onstage to announce that Stephen Costello was ill and would be replaced by Joshua Guerrero, a graduate of the Los Angeles Opera Young Artist Program.

2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-08-01UTC11:19:24+00:002016-07-31Santa Fe Opera stages an updated Roméo et Julietteen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-romeo-juliette-perez-guerrero-santa-fe-july-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngMaria Nockinhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19096https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/19096https://bachtrack.com/files/25947-maria_nockin.jpgOriginally from New York City, Maria Nockin began attending opera and concerts as a child when her parents could not find a babysitter. She has studied violin, piano and guitar as well as voice, and she has a master’s degree in education from Fordham University. Having spent many years teaching high school in winter and working at the Salzburg Festival in summer, she now lives in the Southwest where she covers classical music for Opera Today, Bachtrack, Fanfare, and Classical Singer as well as publications in Spanish, Dutch, and Italian.https://bachtrack.com/files/43386-romeo-juliette-ailyn-perez-santa-fe-ken-howard-resized.jpg300450Ailyn Pérez (Juliette)Ken Howard2016-Jul-16, Santa Fe Opera: Roméo et Juliettehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/santa-fe-opera/romeo-et-juliette/16-july-2016/20-302016-07-162016-08-25Santa Fe OperaSanta FeNew MexicoUnited StatesNM 87506301 Opera Dr35.7426878-105.93475869999997https://www.santafeopera.org/tickets/production.aspx?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.com&performanceNumber=7709https://bachtrack.com/files/43382-rj-240x240.png4

2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2016-02-26UTC16:33:28+00:002016-02-26If the production is full of pleasures, they do not immediately or obviously connect to a sense of some larger plan, which might have been helped along with a more dynamic set.The warmth of tragedy: Roméo et Juliette at the Lyricen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-romeo-juliette-lyric-opera-chicago-february-2016Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDan Wanghttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/2135https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/2135https://bachtrack.com/files/27231-dan_wang.jpgDan Wang is a graduate student in music history and theory at the University of Chicago.https://bachtrack.com/files/35264-romeo_juliette_joseph_calleja_susanna_phillips_chicago_todd_rosenberg_cropped.jpg300448Joseph Calleja (Roméo) and Susanna Phillips (Juliette)Todd Rosenberg2016-Feb-22, Civic Opera House: Roméo et Juliettehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/civic-opera-house/romeo-et-juliette/22-february-2016/19-302016-02-222016-03-19Civic Opera HouseChicagoIllinoisUnited StatesIL6060641.882449-87.637269https://www.lyricopera.org/concertstickets/calendar/2015-2016/productions/lyricopera/romeo-and-juliet?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/41840-lyric-opera-chicago-logo.jpg3

2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-05-13UTC09:18:26+00:002015-05-12A visually striking production of Rossini's La Cenerentola for Washington National Opera.No longer by the cinders: Tara Erraught’s American debut in with WNO Cenerentolaen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-cenerentola-erraught-washington-national-opera-may-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngHilary Strohhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/17629https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/17629https://bachtrack.com/files/289-hilary_larkin.jpgHilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books. https://bachtrack.com/files/9317-cenerentola_portillo_erraught_scott_suchman_resized.jpg510376David Portillo (Don Ramiro) and Tara Erraught (Angelina)Scott Suchman2015-May-09, Kennedy Center: Opera House: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)https://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/kennedy-center-opera-house/la-cenerentola-cinderella/09-may-2015/19-002015-05-092015-05-21Kennedy Center: Opera HouseWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUnited States2003738.895803-77.0556693

If an evocative and provocative crowd-pleaser is your preferred summertime fare, then catch the new production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman at Glimmerglass Festival. Dutchman was Wagner’s first unabashed hit, deservedly so.